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Refuse disposal technology continually evolving TOKYO (Kyodo via COMTEX) — Amid mounting refuse disposal problems nationwide, Japan’s steel, chemical and other materials-producing industries are devising increasingly innovative new technologies to cope with the problem, providing a glimmer of hope for a long-term solution. Tatsuno in the western Japan prefecture of …

The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 to 56 The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 …

According to 8/13 Wall Street Journal (“Noranda Gleans Precious Metals From Old PCs and Electronics:Mining Company Finds It Does Pay To Recycle Consumer Electronics”) There’s gold in them thar PCs. And copper, silver, platinum and palladium, metals that areincreasingly being recycled from discarded computer and electronic gear andsold in metals …

New plant designed to process animal waste into oil New plant designed to process animal waste into oil By MICHAEL MANSUR – The Kansas City Star Date: 07/27/01 22:15 Imagine the most awful stuff — the guts and other wastes of poultry piled high on American farms and at giant …

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“Car company Chrysler has developed a plastic Composite Concept Vehicle, which could cost US$ 6.000, take only hours to make and travel 50 miles to the gallon, making the vehicle ideal for markets in developing countries. According to reports from the environmental News network, instead of the normal 80 steel …

“1998 statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD) record that the municipal solid waste arising vary enormously across the planet. The OECD average (it has 29 member countries) it a neatly precise 500 Kg/person/year. This maks a diverse picture, ranging between 230 Kg/person/year in Czech Republic and …

  Get me a wormery, I'm going greenby Tim DowlingLike many people, I'm already what you might call a little bit green. An online questionnaire I filled out described me as 'light green', which is to say that I recycle when it suits me, and I occasionally impulse-buy organic food. …

A recent survey by the UK plastic bottle recycling organization RECOUP shows that British local authorities collected 200 million bottles (more than 10,000 tonnes) during 1998, an increase of 42 per cent since 1997. There are 186 collection schemes for plastic bottles in the UK, with 3,354 at 2,275 sites. …

“Texaco have declared plans to build a gasification plant for converting mixed plastics waste into fuel at a facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Euwid Recycling & Waste Management reports that Texaco predicts a gate fee of NLG250 per tonne for the waste, delivered to the 40.000 tonnes per year plant.”